remington 770

So my brother was all excited about getting his Remington 770 today, went through the process background check and it all cleared. Did the purchase and was ready to walk out of the store when he handed me my credit card( i let him use my credit card he was short on the money). The assistant manager asked to see the card he payed with, so i handed it back to him and the manager looks at us and tell us that wasn't a legal transaction.... So we come back home and read through some forums read through the straw purchase law, and no where can we find that the way we did our transaction was illegal... so this brings me to my question. 1 Am i able to pay for the rifle even if he went through the back ground check not me.? 2 He is the "owner" of the rifle even if he's using my money to pay for it.?

Really? That doesn't make Sense so would it technically be illegal to hand your friend cold hard cash I mean money is money. I have used my parents cards in the past on guns with no issue I was bout to tell the op there shouldn't be an issue.

another point to consider, is if the FFL feels the transaction isn't right, then they can decline the transaction. the FFL holder was within his rights to decline the sale he felt was wrong whether it was or it wasn't.

So my brother was all excited about getting his Remington 770 today, went through the process background check and it all cleared. Did the purchase and was ready to walk out of the store when he handed me my credit card( i let him use my credit card he was short on the money). The assistant manager asked to see the card he payed with, so i handed it back to him and the manager looks at us and tell us that wasn't a legal transaction.... So we come back home and read through some forums read through the straw purchase law, and no where can we find that the way we did our transaction was illegal... so this brings me to my question. 1 Am i able to pay for the rifle even if he went through the back ground check not me.? 2 He is the "owner" of the rifle even if he's using my money to pay for it.?

It was not technically an illegal purchase unless there is some local ordinance we aren't aware of. I think the dealer was covering his ass for the next visit from the feds.